Spring toy gun



(No Model.)

P. w. PRATT. SPRING TOY GUN.

No. 468,089. Patented Feb. 2, 1892.

INVEIN'TEJRZ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

lllILIl \V. PHAT, OF BOSTON, MASbififlll Sli'l"S.

SPRING TOY GUN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 468,089, dated February 2, 1892,

Application filed April 29, 1890. Serial No. 349,900. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

lie it known that I, PHILIP W. PRATT, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Pistols, of which the following is a specification.

Reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l. is a side elevation of my improved toy pistol loaded with a so-called vacuumarrow. Fig. 2 is a Vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is asect-ional detail view designed to show the position certain parts will assume after the arrow has been discharged. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view designed to show the construction and relationship of the arrm -impelling spring and trigger at the points where they come in contact with each other.

The same letters of reference designate the same parts or features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

My invention relates to toy pistols generally, and particularly to devices of the kind mentioned, which are designed to impel what are commonly known as vacuum-arrows.

My invention consists of a toy pistol provided with an arrow-impelling spring and a trigger, in combination with an arrow adapted to rest upon the forward end of the spring and compress the same, and to be engaged by and disengaged from one end of the trigger, all as I will now proceed to describe in detail.

In the drawings, a designates the barrel, and b the stock, of my improved toy pistol. These may be made of any suitable material and of any desired size and form.

c designates a spiral spring arranged in the barrel a and secured at its rear end thereto.

(Z designates the trigger, pivoted in the stock and provided at its forward end with an upturned portion 6, which extends through an aperture formed in the barrel. A spring f is arranged in the stock I), so as to bear upon the trigger at a point to the rear of that at which it is pivoted in the stock for the purpose of pressing the forward end of the trigger upward.

g designates a vacuum or rubber-tipped arrow of the kind before mentioned, or it may be an arrow of anysuitablc kind provided on its rear end with a button or foot 71, adapted to rest against the forward end of the spring 0 and compress the same or be impelled by it, as the case may be. The foot h of the arrow is made in the form of the frustum of a cone, so that when it is placed against the forward end of the spring and pressed into the barrel to compress the former it may not engage the forward end of the trigger but ride over or depress the same, permitting the upturned end 6 to fall behind the foot 72, as is shown in Fig. i. The face of the upturned end 6 of the trigger is made sufiicicntly long to extend across and rest upon at least two coils of the spring 0, as is clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4, which construction prevents the trigger from catching between the coils of the spring and so damaging or breaking parts of the contrivance.

When the pistol is loaded, as has been set forth in the foregoing description, it may be discharged by pulling on the rear end of the trigger, and so moving the latter on its pivot or fulcrum until the upturned end 0 is disengaged from the foot 71, when the resilient action of the spring will impel the arrow, as will be understood without further description.

The rear end of the spring 0 is formed into a loop or eye i, through which and through the sides of the barrel and stock is passed a pin or screw ',wherebythe spring is retained in the barrel, and which device affords easilymanipulated means for removing a worn-out or damaged spring and replacing it with a new one.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the form and arrangement of parts comprising my invention withoutdcparting from the nature or spirit thereof.

Having now explained the nature of my invention and described a way of constructing and using the same, I declare that what I claim is 1. A toy pistol provided with an arrow-impclling spring and having a trigger provided with an upturned end or catch 0, and an arrow provided with a foot or button having the form of a frustum of a cone, adapted to rest upon the forward end of the spring and compress and be impelled by the same and be engaged by the catch or trigger, as set forth.

'3. In a toy pistol, the combination, with a name to this specification, in the presence of spiral spring forimpellingnn arrowor equivatwo subscribing witnesses, this 25th day of IO lent device, of a trigger adapted at its for- April, A. I). 1900. ward end to rest upon the spring, said forward end being sufiieiently broad to bear upon at least two coils of the spring in the normal or Witnesses: released position of the latter, as set forth. ARTHUR W. ()RossLEY,

In testimony whereof I hax e signed my A. D. HARRISON.

IlllLll W. PRATT. 

